The Oakland Raiders according to Madden 2010

According to EA Sports, Jeff Garcia should start over JaMarcus Russell, Darrius Heyward-Bey should be Garcia’s #1 wide receiver and not a single quarterback who values their job should even consider throwing at Nnamdi Asomugha. The release of Madden 10 nears. Let the most pointless debate since Sarah Palin took the stage with Joe Biden begin! Only on Madden will you see a Raider blitzing a QB No, I’m not a Madden hater. I’ve been playing football video games since Bo Jackson was the most dominant collection of pixels in the Tecmo universe. However, there is nothing I hate more than arguing over how a player has been rated by a video game publisher. Here are the rankings for your consideration. Make of them what you will. My predictions are that come this time next year, Chaz Schilens will be rated much higher than Louis Murphy, Michael Bush and Darren McFadden will both be in the mid 80’s and Mario Henderson will be the highest rated offensive lineman on the Raider roster. Also, the Raiders as a team are rated 71 overall putting them just ahead of the Broncos at 70, thus leaving the Chiefs in the AFC West basement at 69.  Of course, the Chargers are the top team in the division with a rating of 88. As we’ve established, these ratings mean nothing (See the Chargers the past three years as exhibit A). Enjoy another disappointing season, San Diego. At least you bandwagon Charger fans can get a good look at a digital rendering of the Lombardi trophy.    Position Name OVR QB J. Garcia 75 QB J. Russell 72 QB A. Walter 57       RB J. Fargas 79 RB D. McFadden 79 RB M. Bush 75       FB L. Neal 91 FB O. O’Neal 74       WR D. Heyward-Bey 76 WR L. Murphy 71 WR J. Walker 71 WR J. Lee Higgins 69 WR C. Schilens 64 WR A. Shields 50       TE Z. Miller 86 TE T. Stewart 69       OL S. Satele 82 OL C. Carlisle 81 OL J. Wade 81 OL K. Barnes 80 OL R. Gallery 79 OL C. Green 74 OL M. Henderson 74 OL P. McQuistan 72 OL M. Johnson 67 OL C. Morris 61       DL D. Burgess 87 DL T. Kelley 80 DL J. Richardson 69 DL G. Warren 68 DL M. Shaughnessy 67 DL W. Joseph 66 DL T. Sands 64 DL T. Scott 64 DL R. Boschetti 59 DL G. Gunheim 57       LB K. Morrison 87 LB T. Howard 85 LB R. Brown 65 LB S. Williams 58 LB T. Ekejiuba 48 LB J. Alston 45       CB N. Asomugha 99 CB C. Johnson 80 CB S. Routt 72 CB J. Miller 57 CB D. Brown 47 CB J. Bowie 39       S H. Eugene 71 S M. Huff 71 S M. Mitchell 68 S T. Branch 61       K S. Janikowski 73       P S. Lechler 98   Subscribe to JBB Follow JBB on Twitter